Empress Casino Joliet Corpora v. John Johnston

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• noting that \ Anza and Hemi Group stand for the same general proposition: only persons injured directly by the defendant's misconduct\ satisfy RICO's proximate cause requirement
• noting that “Anza and Hemi Group stand for the same general proposition: only persons injured directly by the defendant’s misconduct” satisfy RICO’s proximate cause requirement
• finding proximate cause where “[t]here was no more directly injured party standing between the [plaintiffs] and the alleged wrongdoer”
• “Evidence is similarly lacking to support a finding that the Racetracks bribed Governor Blagojevich to sign the ’06 Act into law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).